Plataea meaning

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Plataea (noun): a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC.

Plataea has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

Plataea as a noun

  1. a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC

    Type of: town

  2. a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC

    Synonyms: battle of Plataea

    Type of: pitched battle

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